The great pain and sensitiveness of the affected part is the key to Hypericum. The pain is disproportionately severe, showing the nerves are attacked. In rheumatism of the cervical muscles with the characteristic pain, or in rheumatism following amputations or contused wounds with the very severe excruciating pains, Hypericum finds its principal use. Chamomilla antidotes Hypericum successfully. NECK AND BACK .— (Hypericum perforatum) Cervical vertebra sensitive to touch. Stinging in morning near edge of right scapula. Cutting pain between the scapula. BACK IS LAME AND PAINFUL. Stitches in small of back. Great aching pain and lameness in small of back. Violent pains and inability to walk or to stoop after a fall ; motion greatly aggravates. COXALGIA AFTER CONFINEMENT. SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Hypericum perforatum) Flying pains in right shoulder. Cutting pains under left scapula. Feeling of pressure at insertion of right deltoid. Stitches on top of shoulder at every inspiration. Severe pain running down left median nerve. Numbness of left arm > from rubbing. EXCRUCIATING PAIN AFTER AMPUTATION. Tensive pain in arms and hands. Cutting pains in finger tips. Severe pain in last phalanges of fingers, especially thumb, fore and little fingers. INFERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Hypericum perforatum) Sharp cutting pains darting along course of sciatic nerve after injury, terminating in a twisting or wrenching sensation in foot. Sciatic rheumatism. Numbness of left leg. Shooting pain as if in periosteum. Severe pain in knees. Sharp shooting, tearing pains in knee < from least touch, with effusion around the joint. Sensation as if left foot were strained or dislocated. EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL — (Hypericum perforatum) Feeling of weakness and trembling of limbs. Bruised sensation in all the joints. Rheumatoid inflammation of joints. Crawling in hands and feet with numbness. CONCOMITANTS . — (Hypericum perforatum) EFFECTS OF NERVOUS SHOCK. INJURIES TO NERVES ATTENDED BY GREAT PAIN. EXCRUCIATING PAIN.